Vulnerability Details : CVE-2021-47455
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ptp: Fix possible memory leak in ptp_clock_register()
I got memory leak as follows when doing fault injection test:
unreferenced object 0xffff88800906c618 (size 8):
comm "i2c-idt82p33931", pid 4421, jiffies 4294948083 (age 13.188s)
hex dump (first 8 bytes):
70 74 70 30 00 00 00 00 ptp0....
backtrace:
[<00000000312ed458>] __kmalloc_track_caller+0x19f/0x3a0
[<0000000079f6e2ff>] kvasprintf+0xb5/0x150
[<0000000026aae54f>] kvasprintf_const+0x60/0x190
[<00000000f323a5f7>] kobject_set_name_vargs+0x56/0x150
[<000000004e35abdd>] dev_set_name+0xc0/0x100
[<00000000f20cfe25>] ptp_clock_register+0x9f4/0xd30 [ptp]
[<000000008bb9f0de>] idt82p33_probe.cold+0x8b6/0x1561 [ptp_idt82p33]
When posix_clock_register() returns an error, the name allocated
in dev_set_name() will be leaked, the put_device() should be used
to give up the device reference, then the name will be freed in
kobject_cleanup() and other memory will be freed in ptp_clock_release().
Products affected by CVE-2021-47455
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2021-47455
0.05%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 11 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2021-47455
Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
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5.5
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MEDIUM | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
1.8
|
3.6
|
NIST | 2025-01-14 |
CWE ids for CVE-2021-47455
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The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, making the memory unavailable for reallocation and reuse.Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
References for CVE-2021-47455
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/95c0a0c5ec8839f8f21672be786e87a100319ca8
ptp: Fix possible memory leak in ptp_clock_register() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable treePatch
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4225fea1cb28370086e17e82c0f69bec2779dca0
ptp: Fix possible memory leak in ptp_clock_register() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable treePatch
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